So, it took me a bit longer to get back to this than I originally thought, but time flies when you’re having fun. My previous post on transitioning from the academia to industry received a lot more positive feedback than what I had hoped — many people reached out to me afterwards, some to ask questions and some to empathize with the feelings I was discussing. Thus it felt prudent to stay true to my word and provide the second part of this nascent trilogy by telling how it’s going after a few months. In short: working in the industry…
After spending almost fifteen years of my life in various universities, going from a freshman student to a postdoctoral researcher in mathematics, I finally decided to take a big leap and move from the academical world to the private sector. The process of the transition was not completely simple, so I thought that it would be useful for me to write down some of my experiences. In particular, I aim to tell here the kinds of things that I would have liked to have known beforehand. …
Rami Luisto, PhD
A mathematician trying to make linear algebra think.
